Judge

SO the ridin gaijin girls and I went to the Fiery Foods Festival this past weekend. (Please note however–any references they make to cooking demonstrations are 100% bullshit…) gaijin girl #1, at 12 years old, is very adventurous about trying spicy foods. gaijin girl #2 is just 8 but will try anything mildly spicy. (They rock!) We had a great time at the show.

We found ourselves walking past a Buffalo wings sauce purveyor. “Try our sauce!” a guy called out to us. “We invented hot wings, can you believe it?”

Out of the blue, gg#1 replied,

“No.”

Whoa! The guy looked at her in amusement and surprise. So did I. Where’d that come from? He pressed on: “Well, it’s true. We invented hot wings. You don’t think so?”

gg#1 came back with, “I’m sorry. I don’t mean to be rude. But, no.”

He grabbed a glossy brochure and thrust it at her. “Well it’s written down right here. Read it and you’ll see…”

She didn’t really want it. I could tell exactly what she was thinking. She was thinking, You could write anything at all on there. Why should I believe it? Eventually, to be polite, she accepted it. She didn’t really care if he claimed to invent hot wings. She just thought it was really unlikely, and she wasn’t prepared to take his word for it.

Well, I have no idea where she gets that attitude from…but I sure love it when a gaijin girl thinks for herself.